It has been a long time since Bai'e entered the Creation Vortex to challenge the "Dispute" trial, and the Golden Races can't help but feel uneasy about it. In the anxious waiting, Bai'e's Fire Trial suddenly changed. In a hurry, we decided to intervene in the trial with Xiadie and Wandi to rescue Bai'e who might be in danger.
In the illusion, I was separated from the pioneers. According to the pioneers, she traveled with Wandi and saw the fear in Wandi's heart: that was the glory paved with blood from the Xuanfeng clan. As for me, I also saw some past events. The "Dispute" trial turned out to be a fight with the inner demon. It seems that Nicardoli is not the reckless and reckless mad god as rumored.
After a battle, we met in the trial illusion and followed the sound of fighting to find the source of the dispute. There we found Bai'e who was almost out of control because of the inner demon and rescued him. Bai'er's failure in the fire trial means that the responsibility of carrying the power of Nikadori falls on the only crown prince of Xuanfeng, the golden Wandi. But even as the legitimate heir of "Dispute", Wandi showed strange hesitation and resistance to taking over the power.
After settling Bai'er, I returned to the Bath Palace with the Pioneer to rest for a while. Regarding the current situation of the world of Omphalos, we also made some judgments and summaries of our own: the development of this world is too bizarre, whether it is Titan or Black Tide, it does not seem to be the manifestation of a naturally growing civilization. But all signs also indicate that the star core may not be the mastermind behind the scenes. The mystery of this world still needs more "pioneers" to explore and reveal.
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For our help in defeating Nikadori, Aglaya showed sincere gratitude, prepared generous gifts, invited me and the Pioneer to the Hero Baths for a chat, and proposed an alliance. During the discussion, we met Feng Jin from the Dusk Courtyard. She is a doctor who has finished her clinic schedule in Ohma. At Aglaya's suggestion, Pioneer and Xiadie decided to accompany her back to the Tree Courtyard and complete the diplomatic mission entrusted by Aglaya, while I stayed in Ohma to organize the log. However, Pioneer's trip to the Tree Courtyard was not as smooth as imagined.
Before leaving, Tian found a stranger who was injured by the black tide and was dying in the suburbs of Ohma. Feng Jin had to stay in Ohma temporarily to take care of the wounded. Tian, Xiadie and Pioneer went to the Divine Enlightenment Tree Courtyard first - it was a holy place of academic belief in Sesis. But when the three arrived at their destination, they found that the Tree Courtyard had already fallen into a strange silence. Pioneer and his group managed to enter the Tree Courtyard and found that something seemed wrong inside - the creations of the black tide were wandering around the Tree Courtyard.
Faced with this catastrophe, the Tree Courtyard was probably in danger. One of the Golden Descendants who stayed in the Tree Court was named Naksha. He left clues with alchemy to guide the pioneers to the depths of the Tree Court to check the safety of the Sesis fire. During the exploration, they also met a mysterious man who called himself Calypso. This man claimed to be the leader of the Seven Sages of the Divine Enlightenment Tree Court. It was he who saved Naksha before, but after observing along the way, Xiadie revealed Calypso's true face and pointed out that he was Sesis. Sesis admitted his identity and entrusted the pioneers and others to help it go to Naksha's location and fuse the fire again, so as to arrest the culprit who destroyed the Tree Court together - the nameless black-robed swordsman.
After a fierce battle, the pioneers and others returned to Ohma safely with Naksha, and I also learned about the Tree Court from Bai'e. When mentioning the nameless black-robed swordsman, Bai'e looked a little wrong, as if he had a lot of connections with that person. Maybe he will explain to everyone later.
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The Xuanfeng people named Craterus kidnapped Tinin and tried to enter the vortex of creation and accept the trial of "dispute", but failed and was arrested by Aglaya on the spot. No wonder Wan Di was so hesitant to take over the power of Dispute. There is still a problem in Xuanfeng people that needs to be resolved. As for what the problem is, I am afraid only Wan Di himself knows. Although Tinin was kidnapped, he understood Craterus's impatience and decided to use the power of Oronis to restore Craterus's memories from long ago to resolve his anxiety.
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Tibao and the other two encountered the black swordsman who destroyed the tree garden in Chongyuan, "Fire Thief". Tian sent Tibao and Tinin away from the battlefield at the cost of exhausting his divine power. The heroes in the city gathered and decided to act separately. Feng Jin and I went to search for Tian's whereabouts. Aglaya and Xiadie stayed in the city to deal with the political crisis. The rest of us formulated tactics and went to Xuanfeng City to jointly stop the Fire Thief. Facing an unknown strong enemy, the Golden Race must go all out.
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During this period, Wan Di finally made up his mind, successfully passed the Fire Trial, and was promoted to a demigod of dispute. He threw a decisive shot in Xuanfeng City and defeated the Fire Thief. This battle ended with the triumph of the Golden Race. Wan Di chose to return home alone, taking over Nikadori's mission to fight the black tide, and became the backing of Ohma and even the entire Onfalos.
Although we won the battle with the Fire Thief, we lost Tian forever. At Tian's funeral, Bai'e asked Tibao to witness the first scene of her embarking on the road of chasing fire. With the help of the pioneers, they came to the past life of destiny - the holy land of the oracle "Janusapolis", and witnessed how Tirisipios seized the fire of "The Path", took over the divine power of Janus, and how she escaped from the three-phase holy land that had imprisoned her for decades and rushed to her own destiny.
I don't know if it was infected by the beliefs of the Golden People, but the pioneers and Mimi actually proposed that they accept the trial of the Oronis fire. Although they are just passers-by, they are willing to connect their own destiny with the destiny of this world. This is probably the fate that "pioneers" cannot escape...
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